A bug

I think I just killed a bug… I’m not really sure though, since I can’t find him.  Anyway, he was flying around in front of the laptop screen.  When he flies, lift helps him stay up in the air, and air resistance goes against the direction he is flying.  And when I squish him with my finger, I exert a force.  The pressure exerted on his body is equal to the product of the force I exert and the area of his body that is exposed to my finger.  His internal organs are not strong enough to withstand the pressure that I exert on his body.  And then he is flattened and his innards spill out… ew.  That part is not so good.  But I can’t find him anyway, so it doesn’t really matter this time.  When he falls from the side of the computer screen, his initial velocity most likely is neither entirely horizontal nor vertical.  Defeated, he travels in a parabolic arc.

Here’s a picture of him:

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